Breaking news from the BBC: Police are searching a house in south London after receiving information that human remains were on the site. Officers began searching the house in Walton Green, New Addington, Croydon, on Monday. It followed an anonymous allegation made in a letter …
Any Londonist readers who dream of becoming Conservative Mayor of London, you need to get your skates on. The deadline for ‘Tory Mayor Idol’ is this Friday. As the Times article says, so far there are only “two worthy but obscure” candidates who Ken would …
As of this morning the London Eye isn’t spinning – seems someone climbed the beast early this morning: The London Eye has been closed after a man scaled the 135-metre high observation wheel. Officers were called to the famous London landmark at 0600 BST and …
The BBC is reporting that no individual police officers will be charged over the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. “Instead,” says the Beeb, quoting a ‘source close to the investigation’, “the Metropolitan Police is to be prosecuted under health and safety laws over the …
The Crown Prosectuion Service has been asked to bring charges of manslaughter against a Metropolitan Police commander and two firearms officers over the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. The £600k Saab Aero X was on its way to the British Motor Show in London …
The IPCC have decided to launch a second probe into the Forst Gate raid. The second investigation (Forest Gate II: The Reckoning) will “examine allegations from neighbours in the next door house,” and follow up on claims that they were assaulted by officers during the …
These listings appear every Wednesday. If you want to let us know about any upcoming science or technology events, you can contact us on LondonistSciTech@Gmail.com Event of the Week Taking chances at the Royal Statistical Society tonight. We cannot guarantee correct decisions at every turn…but …
It’s good to know that if there’s one thing you can rely on in this crazy mixed up world we call… er… London, it’s that the Met will always do their best. Like the slow kids on the special table at school it’s not important …
So it turns out that it took 78 coppers to remove Brian Haw’s placards earlier this week, and that this has been seen as ‘overkill’ by certain members of the Metropolitan Police Authority. Well, no shit. 78 policemen at 3 in the morning? What were …
Remember when pit bulls were the new road rage, and in unfortunate danger of extermination by the powers that be? Well, and we may well be shit-stirring here, but looks like that old can of Prima could soon be re-opened. Headline writer’s dream and Metropolitan …
Our star struck police force just can’t make up its collective mind. One minute they want to be actors, the next they’re arresting them. Maybe they just long to be close to famous people: A special police unit is to be set up dedicated to …
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